The sim night lighting may very well be "Realisitc" but when so many say it's horrible, guess what? I'ts horrible. Well all that being said, and there has been plenty indeed, there still is the itchy little thing that gets to a few of those who love the realism of freedom. That would include how much realism in your sim you want. Should be a selection or a slider, doesn't matter but "Give Me The Choice" to have exact lighting as it would be seen for real or give me unreal so I can see and enjoy flying my sim at night. Amazing amount of 'there should be one choice for all' brand of comments.

The Dreamscenery KJFK did not add in the 13L/13R lead in lights - even at nighttime.  Disappointiing.

On 1/30/2022 at 5:21 AM, bobcat999 said:

MSFS default night lighting isn't as good as it was at launch (in my opinion)...

What do you think of this:

Sophia, Bulgaria w/ default night lighting.  This blew me away the detail is fabulous.  Someone mentioned more night lighting detail happens when you disable photogrammetry, but I don't recall if I'd done this for this screenshot.

 

16 hours ago, Noel said:

What do you think of this:...

Sophia, Bulgaria w/ default night lighting.  This blew me away the detail is fabulous.  Someone mentioned more night lighting detail happens when you disable photogrammetry, but I don't recall if I'd done this for this screenshot.

Yes, obviously it isn't bad.  I have never used photogrammetry except when experimenting, so I have seen the night lighting quite often, over London in particular.
The default buildings are very good.  some of the windows have the yellowy glow while other in houses flicker blue, like someone is watching television.
The amount of window lights also decreases towards 2 or 3 in the morning as people go to bed, then gradually come on again as people get up  for work!   Not sure if people notice this. 
You can see this by pausing the sim but moving the time forward through the night - a great effect!

My original comment was based on the road lighting not buildings. It used to be more varied and had a lot of atmosphere on initial release, then when Asobo got rid of the sepia masks people were complaining about, they also simplified the night lighting of the roads. 

They tried to tweak it back gradually over a number of updates, and with some success, but they have never achieved the superb ambience of the original lighting.  This happened way back about two years or more ago. 
Unfortunately, I do not take screen shots, so I have nothing to compare from that time, but there were lots of comments at the time about how the road lighting had lost its charm. 
Still, it is very good though, and doesn't pop in like in some simulators (not wanting to start a sim war at Christmas ). 

Happy Birthday by the way if your name is based on having a seasonal birthday!  

If it was all as good as Sophic screenshot I would be ecstatic, but road lighting in so many places in the US is not very varied and not nearly as good as that screenshot!

20 hours ago, Noel said:

What do you think of this:

Sophia, Bulgaria w/ default night lighting.  This blew me away the detail is fabulous.  Someone mentioned more night lighting detail happens when you disable photogrammetry, but I don't recall if I'd done this for this screenshot.

 

Love your choice of liveries to fly in this pic Noel...heard the painter is a rock star. 🤣

I wish ASOBO would add a toggle to enable / disable the Sepia Mask. It just looks so terrible, in my opinion.

If any enhancement mod did away with it, I'd buy day one.